Cosmocarta relata Distant

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae

Common name

Jack spittle bug

Habitat / Crop(s) damaged

Jack. The bugs appear on the tender shoots and foliage causing the leaves to curl up and some times they appear in swarms covering the whole area with frothy secretion (Ayyar, 1940).

Pest status

Minor.

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